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Anish Kapoor is at it again - Venice Biennale
Anish Kapoor is at it again – Venice Biennale
Anish Kapoor is such a hack….latest Biennale exhibition and he’s still banging on about Vantablack and his beef with Stuart Semple, even ripping off his work AND insulting him.
Really at this point I can’t work out how Anish got famous, there’s not really much there is there? I do find it funny that Stuart is selling a replica version of his work called Biennale In A Box…I suspect this beef will…
The deadline for the 2018 Individual Support Grant is due this Friday, December 15th.
Online applications must be completed and submitted by 11:59 pm EST on December 15th and all mailed in tax forms must also be postmarked and sent by this date. For more information about this program, visit our website.
Pictured above:
Esther and Adolph Gottlieb in East Hampton
ca. 1960
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2017 GRANT RECIPIENT SPOTLIGHT:
The Gottlieb Foundation Individual Support Grant supports painters, printmakers, and sculptors who have been working in a mature phase of their art for at least 20 years. The application form for the 2018 Individual Support Grant is now open. The deadline for submitted applications is December 15th, 2017.
Barbara
In Love with Life
2017
Acrylic collage and threads on canvas
39 x 39”
“Barbara Demšar was born in Kranj, Slovenia. She has participated in over 200 group exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. She has received 21 awards for her work in Slovenia, Croatia and US. Her work is marked by abstract landscapes, imbued with optimism, and a childlike playfulness and vividness. She currently lives and works in Škofja Loka, Slovenia.”
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Adolph Gottlieb
Untitled
1973
Monotype in ink on paper
16 x 12”
“A Painter’s Hand: The Monotypes of Adolph Gottlieb” opens October 6th at the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama. @mobilemuseumofart
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Watch Sanford Hirsch, Executive Director of the Gottlieb Foundation, read from the archive Gottlieb’s speech titled “Unintelligibility,“ at the Dedalus Foundation’s "1,000 Words: Readings from Independent Artists’ Archives."
The speech was originally delivered at the Museum of Modern Art in 1948 as a part of the forum, “The Modern Artist Speaks.”
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Sylvia Daoust
Sylvia Daoust was born in Montreal in 1902. Though sculpture was Daoust’s specialty, she also produced engravings, drawings, and paintings. She was the first woman to enroll in the École des beaux-arts de Montréal,where she later taught for more than twenty years.Daoust’s murals, monuments, and sculptures are displayed in many important public places, including the Montreal Botanical Gardens and l'Université de Montréal. Her work is also included in many public and private art collections, such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, and Notre-Dame Basilica.
Sylvia Daoust died in 2004 at the age of 102.
Deborah Butterfield was born in 1949 in San Diego, California. Butterfield is best known for her sculptures of horses made from natural materials and found objects. She began creating these in the 1970s, and has since exhibited her artwork throughout the world. Butterfield’s work is in the collections ofthe Metropolitan Museum,the Brooklyn Museum,the Whitney Museumandseveral other institutions.
